Adam of the Road (Puffin Modern Classics) Paperback – Illustrated, 5 October 2006

Adam is an apprentice minstrel, traveling around England with his father and his beloved dog, entertaining at inns and at homes for the wealthy. But when Adam accidentally gets separated from both his father and his dog, he has to set off on a long adventure on his own to find them, and in the process meets people of all ranks in society, most of them kindly and generous, but also including a few thieves and bandits. Grey Vining researched the history, society, songs, poems and English-language idioms of the time, as well as the occasional phrase of Latin that a boy with a few years of schooling might know. Kids will have to do a little work with the dictionary, but for a "hero's journey" story about someone roughly their own age, it should be rewarding.

This book made me feel so confused. It takes place in the middle ages and is fairly easy to read...except the descriptions of things that i have never seen because they existed in the middle-ages! The book needs lots of illustrations to be able to understand whqt the author is talking about. I wasn’t able to finish it and donated it to a second hand shop.

Item just as described. Fast delivery. Thank you!

Got this for my granddaughter as a back to school request I hope she enjoys reading it

Excellent story for my 11 and 8 yo sons to enjoy. I read it aloud to them. We had interesting discussion around “what would you do?” Literature allows us to evaluate the mistakes or commendable decisions of others without living the mistakes ourselves. Recommended!